Blue Clay Spring
Blue Clay Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,010 m. Spanish Mountain stands 3,064 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Oat Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1010 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Oat Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Luckett Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Bald Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Owl Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Dalton Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Trimmer Recreation Area: 7.5 mi
- Winton Park: 11.2 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 12.0 mi
- Sheridan Park: 15.9 mi
- Wahtoke Park: 16.1 mi
- Clover Meadow Spring: 3.5 mi
- Delilah Spring: 3.8 mi
- Sycamore Springs: 5.8 mi
- Fox Spring: 7.4 mi
- Five Springs: 7.7 mi
- Mc Kinley Botanical Area: 13.5 mi
- Columbine Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
- Dinkey Fisherman Picnic Site: 16.0 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- Zephyr Headquarters: 3.5 mi
- Whitewater Voyages Headquarters: 3.5 mi
- Chicago Stump: 11.6 mi
- Gamlin Cabin: 13.3 mi
- Centennial Stump: 13.3 mi
- Rancheria Creek Falls: 12.7 mi
- Garlic Falls: 13.0 mi
- Ella Falls: 13.5 mi
- Viola Falls: 13.6 mi
- Silver Spray Falls: 22.6 mi
- Patterson Bluffs: 8.1 mi
- Grand Bluff: 16.2 mi
- Big Sandy Bluff: 20.3 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 20.4 mi
- Museum of the Sierra: 20.9 mi
- Reedley Museum: 22.3 mi
- Sanger Depot Museum: 22.8 mi
- Alta District Historical Society: 23.4 mi
- Jumping Rock: 15.6 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 16.0 mi
- Reedley Beach: 23.0 mi
- Bookie Bear: 7.7 mi
- Dinuba Christian Church Statue: 22.7 mi
- Oakhurst: 15.3 mi
- Academy: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Blue Clay Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Mountain | ENE 73° | 3,064 m | 17.0 mi |
| Hoffman Mountain | NE 54° | 2,885 m | 18.0 mi |
| Dome of the Immaculate Conception | NNE 32° | 2,805 m | 17.9 mi |
| Hall Mountain | NE 36° | 2,621 m | 16.5 mi |
| Patterson Mountain | NE 37° | 2,479 m | 11.8 mi |
| Buena Vista Peak | ESE 118° | 2,321 m | 18.1 mi |
| Converse Mountain | E 95° | 2,207 m | 13.2 mi |
| Sugarpine Hill | NE 54° | 2,140 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:41 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 16:04 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 81 | 76 | 66 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Balch PWR House, 7 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 34.5 | 51.1 | 72.4 | 127 | 309 | 473 | 149 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 10.8 | 13.7 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge NF Kings R BL Balch Div Dam CA, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Ensatina1 obs
- Kings River Slender Salamander1 obs
- tidy tips1 obs
- Fiesta Flower1 obs
- Sierra Stonecrop1 obs
- Sierra Newt1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/8999172284
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